Name: Community justice workshop – Holding circles for group conflict processes
Start: 2026-04-18T12:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke Aarhus

$Community justice workshop \u2013 Holding circles for group conflict processes$

Are you a member of a community and want to learn methods to support each other through interpersonal frictions – transforming disagreements into opportunities for improving our communities’ foundations and enabling joyful, authentic engagement?
Why: This workshop is arranged by a group of volunteers in Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke Aarhus who have invited GenopretKBH to sow a seed of restorative and transformative justice practices in our local communities. Our wish is to empower our local communities by studying and practicing alternatives to harmful norms of conflict-avoidant or punitive behaviours. While there are many approaches and tools for handling conflicts, we felt that the values of transformative justice, which approaches conflict as an opportunity for radical community care, proactively protecting and healing each other, are most in line with our activism in Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke.
What: We’ll come together to explore, practise, and be inspired, working with tools that can support us in engaging with conflict and caring for what unfolds between us.
This is a participatory workshop, and it depends on everyone’s active engagement. While members of Genopret KBH will offer perspectives and share tools throughout the day, the intention is that we practise, learn, and reflect together—building on the experiences and resources each of us brings into the space.
Workshop programme (12:30–16:30)
-Welcome round
-Introduction to conflict cultures: punitive, restorative, and transformative
-Exercise: Sharing and listening to experiences of ongoing conflict
-What does it mean to create conflict agreements?
-Exercise: Exploring semi-simulated circles together
-Closing round and reflections on the day
Who can attend: This workshop is open to anyone who would like to practice conflict with care in community. You are welcome to come alone or with others. No prior experience is needed.
There is no fee for participation - to ensure resource responsibility, you will be invited to make a donation to the GenopretKBH group, helping them continue their work sharing these practices: https://opencollective.com/genopretkbh
If you can’t make it on this day, or you would like to read about restorative and transformative justice before the workshop, you can find recommended resources here: https://genopretkbh.ukrudt.net/resourcer
Genopret KBH is a volunteer-driven network dedicated to transforming conflict culture by fostering alternatives to punishment and exclusion, rooted in responsibility and dignity. Since its founding in 2018, the group has created learning spaces that support the development of personal and community resources for engaging with harm and conflict, and has been facilitating processes since 2022.
https://genopretkbh.ukrudt.net/om-genopret-kbh
Signup: There is room for a maximum of 20 participants, so reserve your spot by sending an email to [email protected] with the subject ‘Community justice workshop’. Please include in your mail if you have allergies that we should be aware of, as we will prepare some (vegan) snacks.
Location: Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke Aarhus, Mejlgade 53 4th floor (note that unfortunately this is not a wheelchair-accessible location)